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The PCT Collaborative Search and Examination (CS&E) is a new framework aimed at producing high-quality products in PCT international applications. For each selected PCT application, a main IP Office will collaborate with peer IP Offices to determine its patentability, and finally provide a single international search report to the applicant. On July 1, 2018, the IP5 Offices - CNIPA, EPO, JPO, KIPO, and USPTO - launched a pilot project to test this collaborative approach to international searches under the PCT, based on their agreement to start a pilot project in an IP5 Heads Meeting held in June 2016.
The operational phase has ended on June 30, 2020.
The IP5 Offices evaluated the result of the pilot project, and the final report was adopted at an IP5 Heads Meeting in June 2023. Further information is available in the IP5 joint statement (External Link).
The main features of this Collaborative Search and Examination (CS&E) pilot project were:
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